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Event Categories and Other
Definitions

Event Type

Board -
Games played with some type of game board or boards.

Card -
Games played with just cards includes collectible and non-collectible.

Computer
- Games played on a computer or video game console.

LARP
(Live-Action Role-Playing) – Story-based interaction between players and
GM where everyone is up and moving around, rather than sitting around a table.

Miniatures
- Games played on a battlefield using painted figures.

RPG
(Role-Playing Games) – Story-based interaction between players and GM
where everyone is sitting around a table.

Seminar
- One or more individuals presenting information about a topic, can include a
question/answer component.

Rules Knowledge

We are standardizing the Rules
Knowledge section of events so that both GMs and players have a similar
understanding.

None -
You do not need any previous knowledge of the game or the rules to play this
game. Any/all rules will be taught during play.

Some -
You should be familiar with the rules of the game or similar games. Some rules
can be taught during play, but in general this is not for brand-new players.

Advanced
- You should be very familiar with the rules of the game. Very few, if any,
rules will be taught during play.

Rating

We have added a rating category
to events to allow attendees to better select events appropriate for them. General
is the default rating for most of the events run at CotN.

Family
- This game will not have any profanity, no sexual innuendo, and violence will
be brief, limited and not depicted in a graphic manner. Think of the standard
G/PG animated movie.

General
- The game may have mild profanity and/or some violence. Intense themes may be
present, but they will not be the focus of the game. GMs will ensure that the
game is adjusted to accommodate any children present, but parents and children
should realize they will be playing in a game that may not be suitable for
them. Games of this type may not be suitable for young players only because of
the complexity of the rules. Think of the standard PG-13 action movie.

Mature
-- The game will have themes of an adult nature that are unsuitable for younger
players. GMs will still ensure their game's content remains such that it can be
played in any convention space without causing problems. Think of the standard
R-rated action or horror movie.

Required Materials

None -
All materials needed to play the game are provided. The player does not need
anything, including dice. Includes most board games, and some card games.

General
- Players need their own generic materials like pencils, dice, etc. The GM will
provide other specific materials such as characters, minis, etc... Includes
most RPGs and LARPs.

All -
Players must supply their own equipment to play this game. The GM will provide
only the most basic materials needed for play like the game board. Includes
most miniature games, card games, and some RPGs.

FRI12-14

Starts at 12 AM, runs 2 hours.

Council Of Blackthorn (Beginner)

Conspire to be the next king of the land in this unique game of secrets and politics. Do your best to win the most influence while also evading the jealousy of your rivals. Beware the leader who stands up the highest might be the first to loose their head!

Duck Duck Go

Bathtub ducky racing has long been a popular sport. Every year rubber duckies from all waddles of life train in bathtubs, spas and ponds around the world to prepare for the annual Kenducky Derby. Be the first ducky to touch all the buoys and get back to the drain to win. Short game, so probably time to stage multiple races.

Isle of Skye

In the tile-laying game Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King, 2–5 players are chieftains of famous clans and want to build their kingdoms to score as many points as possible—but in each game only four of the sixteen scoring tiles will be scored.

Memoir '44 & Variations

Memoir '44 is a historical boardgame where players face-off in stylized battles of some of the most famous historic battles of World War II including Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Operation Cobra and the Ardennes. Most scenarios play in under 45 minutes and the game system is quickly accessible to new players.

Vast: The Crystal Caverns

Vast takes you and your friends into the torch light of a classic cave-crawling adventure, built on the concept of total asymmetry. Play as the Knight, the Goblins, the Dragon or even the Cave itself intent on crushing the living things that dare to disturb its gloomy depths. Each role has its own powers, pieces, and paths to victory and there can only be one winner. Now with minis!

Witches of the Revolution

In Witches of the Revolution, your deck is a coven of witches that you lead against foes both mortal and not on a desperate quest for Freedom. Unique deck-building rules allow you to recruit and hone your forces even as your enemy reveals itself. Can you throw off the British yoke before it’s too late?

5 Minute Dungeon

5-­Minute Dungeon is a chaotic, co-­operative, real-­time card game in which players have only five minutes to escape the randomized dungeon. Communication and teamwork are critical to survival because there's no time to form a carefully considered plan — each character has a different ability and strength, and has a dual-sided board option.

Dungeon!

How deep into the Dungeon do you dare venture? Your Wizard might not survive the Purple Worm or the Red Dragon, but the Giant Spider is an easy victory! The Silver Cup is yours! Kill monsters and get treasures while exploring the intricate 3-D dungeon. Remember: The deeper the level, the bigger the treasure. And watch out for secret doors and traps! The original classic board game in 3-D.

Mice and Mystics

M & M on model terrain. Formerly royal staff, you are now mice being pursued by the Evil Queen’s minions – cockroaches, rats, and worse. You must find your way out of the castle by escaping the guard room, crossing the slimy underground sewer, and traversing dank tunnels. All the way you must help each other to survive and fight those nasty creatures. May your sword be sharp and your arrows true.

This Is Not A Test: Learn to Play

Come learn this fast paced, action packed skirmish wargame, which is set in a radioactive post-apocalyptic wasteland. If you've ever played Fallout or Necromunda, you'll love this game. Take on an opposing warband, and whatever hazards the wasteland can throw at you in a bombed out city, or a high tech underground facility.

Tekumel Meet and Greet

Come to this introduction to the fantasy world of Tékumel, developed by M.A.R. Barker since the 1940s. Ask questions, hear tales, and meet and greet others that are interested. Fans of Tékumel with over a hundred years of experience will be on-hand to help out. You can also hear more about the games available this weekend.

Mechs vs Minions

A cooperative tabletop experience for 2-4 players set in the League of Legends universe. Players take on the role of four Yordles who must work together, program their Mechs and face off against a threat that - if left unopposed - could spell doom for all of Runeterra!

Gears on the Run!

Your secret research base has been destroyed. You have managed to escape with a few gear prototypes but now Northern forces block your path. Destroy them and protect your secrets. Heavy Gear Tactical is a mecha-based miniature game set in the future.

The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch

A miniatures game using modified Savage Worlds rules system. The Empire finds odd activity at the Shadow Gate. Strange creatures and lights have been reported, and the garrison has gone silent. The Imperial Governor sends Joe the Great and troops to investigate. Are the Shadows back?

A Study In Bronze

The Man Of Bronze is missing! Doc Savage's 5 companions (and cousin Pat) must delve into the secrets of a strange cult--and face horrors even they have never imagined! 7th edition, with Pulp Cthulhu additions.

Cold Open

No gear, no skills, no memories, and no idea what is going on. You're given a rude awakening out of an alien tube and dumped into a chamber full of runes, arcane and indecipherable. Piece together your past and arm yourself for the future. At the very least, could someone please turn off that alarm; that noise is making your headache worse...

Dungeon Circuit, Season 9: Pyramid of the Void

You, brave contestant-adventurer, have awoken from the Dream Tomb’s slumber of centuries, only to find yourself stranded in a bizarre pyramid-craft plying the heavens. Are your days of surviving the Dungeons of Old and hawking Sketchy Magical Merchandise truly lost to legend? Strive to reach the apex of the Pyramid, confront the Aleph-Pharaoh, or remain lost in the Deep Void for all time!

Mass Effect: Priority Mission: Carcosa

Based in the Mass Effect universe and set at the very beginning of Mass Effect 2, players take on the role of Commander Shepard and Normandy crew in a story mash up of Mass Effect frenetic biotic action and Lovecraftian horror. Note: This game was featured at GenCon's 2017 Call of Cthulhu Master's Tournament.

The Rail Heist

You and your companions are veterans of the Last War and have formed a team dedicated to the retrieval and neutralization of deadly magical artifacts created during the war. You must go on a dangerous mission to retrieve one such item before it falls into the wrong hands... Setting: Eberron, roughly 100 YK. System: Pathfinder

The Sinister Six Take Manhattan

Only the six most ruthless villains in NYC would try to take over the entire island of Manhattan! But...that's what happens when both the Avengers and Fantastic Four are out of town! It's up to the likes of Spider-Man, Daredevil, Black Widow, Black Cat, Cloak and Dagger and the Heroes for Hire to free the city! Played with the original, the best super hero rpg game ever- Marvel Super Heroes!

The Tower of Mazara

Hail and well met adventurer! The Archmage Illusionist Mazara the Magnificent tires of his great fortune and has afforded YOU a golden ticket to compete against other adventurers in a bid to share in his vast wealth.
An old school tournament. Points given for the achievement of group goals as well as secret character specific goals. Characters will be provided.

Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7) D&D 5E

The rumor has been about the so-called death curse: a wasting disease afflicting everyone who’s ever been raised from the dead. Victims grow thinner and weaker, slowly but steadily sliding toward death they once denied.
When they finally succumb, they can’t be raised. Everyone is at a loss to explain a curse that has affected the entire region, and possibly the entire world.

3 Hour Ride

ME D20 space Operate adventure. The SSS Galaxias has left the Omega spaceport to meet up with other civilian ships to join the attacking fleet . While traveling through the Terminus System you're hit by blue wave of light causing you to crash land on an unknown planet. Pregen characters available.

3rd Annual Quest of the North

All Con Event: A puzzle game open to ALL attendees. Posted puzzles are solved and answers are validated. A full set of RPG dice can be earned, while supplies last, and each puzzle solved earns an entry into the raffle of prizes.) After the entire quest is completed, the Quest Card is turned in at the "Long and the Short of It" Table and the first 3 to do so, will receive more prizes.

3rd Annual Quest of the North

All Con Event: A puzzle game open to ALL attendees. Posted puzzles are solved and answers are validated. A full set of RPG dice can be earned, while supplies last, and each puzzle solved earns an entry into the raffle of prizes.) After the entire quest is completed, the Quest Card is turned in at the "Long and the Short of It" Table and the first 3 to do so, will receive more prizes.

Wall of Macs

Come play the games of the 80's & 90’s on original 68K Mac Hardware! Blaze the Oregon/Amazon Trail! Delve into the Dungeon of Doom! Survive the Dark Castle! Become the Prince of Persia! Come play these or dozens of other classics in glorious 9 inch monochrome!

Wall of Macs

Come play the games of the 80's & 90’s on original 68K Mac Hardware! Blaze the Oregon/Amazon Trail! Delve into the Dungeon of Doom! Survive the Dark Castle! Become the Prince of Persia! Come play these or dozens of other classics in glorious 9 inch monochrome!

PFS|9-09 To Be Determined Evergreen (Tier 3-7)

To Be Determined: A Pathfinder Society Special designed for levels 3-7. This scenario is an Evergreen, replayable for Society credit. Additional Information will be updated on the Con of the North website as it becomes available.

SFS|1–01: The Commencement (Tier 1-2)

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-2.
All Starfinders complete their training by conferring with Guidance—a network of uploaded personalities embodying paragons from the Starfinder Society's history. Before receiving the blessing of Guidance, the PCs must meet with and assist critical missions on behalf of key leaders of the Society's leading factions. With the events of the Scoured Stars Incident still fresh in everyone's memory, there's plenty that needs doing to set the Society back on track.
The Commencement is a replayable scenario designed to help introduce players to the factions of the Starfinder Society and areas of importance on Absalom Station.

FRI14-16

Starts at 2 PM, runs 2 hours.

7 Wonders with Leaders Expansion

You are the leader of one of the 7 great cities of the Ancient World. Gather resources, develop commercial routes and affirm your military supremacy in this classic game of drafting and kingdom building. Game will include the Leaders expansion which adds a fun twist to the game. Rules will be taught.

8 Bit Dash

Collect treasure and coins while racing to the finish in this 8-Bit Side Scrolling Deck Builder. Use Move, Jump and Turbo cards to navigate your way through an ever-advancing landscape but don’t get left behind or you’ll get K.O.ed. Can you get the high score? This is a prototype playtest of Brass Dog Games design.

End of the Line: Post-Apocalyptic Family Survival

In EotL, you’re everyday people trying to survive in the shattered remains of civilization. Place your nuclear family in resource lines attempting to collect food, water, fuel, and ammo. Meanwhile, terrible things (played by you and your opponents) make life perilous. It’s worker placement gone horribly, horribly wrong. It’s a light twist on resource management with a dash of programming.

Memoir '44 & Variations

Memoir '44 is a historical boardgame where players face-off in stylized battles of some of the most famous historic battles of World War II including Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Operation Cobra and the Ardennes. Most scenarios play in under 45 minutes and the game system is quickly accessible to new players.

Ra

Players seek to expand their power and fame and there are many ways to accomplish this: Influencing Pharaohs, Building monuments, Farming on the Nile, Paying homage to the Gods, Advancing the technology and culture of the people. Ra is an auction and set collecting game where players may choose to take risks for great rewards or... And all this is for the glory of the Sun God Ra!

Sagrada

As a skilled artisan, you will use tools and planning to construct a stained glass window masterpiece in the Sagrada Familia. Players will take turns drafting dice; choosing where to place each one in their window. Windows have unique color and shade requirements. Gain prestige by impressing fickle admirers by adding your own artistic flair while completing your glass masterpiece in Sagrada!

Spy Alley

Play spy and counter spy in a dark alley – Spy Alley. Become a spy for your given country. Uncover your opponent’s identity while keeping yours a secret. Use deductive reasoning to expose other spies while attempting to complete your mission by obtaining the necessary codebooks, disguises keys and passwords.

AP_2_AP

The word is: Fun. Your Choices are: Attend COTN, A Root Canal, Presidential assassination, Nose Hairs, and Eyebrows Tweezers...You are the Judge this round, how will you decide? (I know my pick!) This is of course Apples to Apples, the crazy word matching game. Tournament rules will be used and explained.

Joking Hazard

From the creators of the popular Cyanide & Happiness Webcomic comes a game of hilarious proportions. Compete in making the most hilarious comic strip possible. With all 3 expansions, there are 560 cards to work with! This game is for mature (or, depending on how you look at it, immature) audiences only (17+).

News @ 11

Make up Stories, Break the News. News@11 is a cyclical story-telling game for 4 to 11 anchors. Fill in cue cards, incorporate the topics on them into your segment as you build the story. Stories from the morning news come back in the afternoon and evening, getting stranger and more tangled each time. No points, no scoring, just a hilarious time telling the news!

Pathfinder Card Game Demo

Enter a world of adventure with the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players. In this hour-long learning demo, each player takes the role of a unique character composed of a deck of cards and a set of stats. You'll improve your character by acquiring new items, allies, spells, and weapons as you explore, overcome challenges, and triumph over evil.

Three Cheers for Master

Master Has Been Blue, Lately… It's just not the same now that all lands known to evil have been conquered.
When Master's blue, it's the minions who suffer. As a lieutenant in Master's army — a foreminion — it falls to you to cheer him up. Not the easiest task, even in the best of times. But then it hit you: What better way to cheer Master up than a cheerleading competition?

CotN 2018 MULE Championship

Start off your con with a tournament of the 1980s classic game of colonization! We'll play on vintage Atari 800s with real joysticks. A short tutorial will be followed by a few practice turns. Then we'll do a full-on game with First Founders playing a final round to crown the First Founder of Con of the North! Mine that Crystite! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L.E.

Dungeon!

How deep into the Dungeon do you dare venture? Your Wizard might not survive the Purple Worm or the Red Dragon, but the Giant Spider is an easy victory! The Silver Cup is yours! Kill monsters and get treasures while exploring the intricate 3-D dungeon. Remember: The deeper the level, the bigger the treasure. And watch out for secret doors and traps! The original classic board game in 3-D.

Mice and Mystics

M & M on model terrain. Formerly royal staff, you are now mice being pursued by the Evil Queen’s minions – cockroaches, rats, and worse. You must find your way out of the castle by escaping the guard room, crossing the slimy underground sewer, and traversing dank tunnels. All the way you must help each other to survive and fight those nasty creatures. May your sword be sharp and your arrows true.

This Is Not A Test: Learn to Play

Come learn this fast paced, action packed skirmish wargame, which is set in a radioactive post-apocalyptic wasteland. If you've ever played Fallout or Necromunda, you'll love this game. Take on an opposing warband, and whatever hazards the wasteland can throw at you in a bombed out city, or a high tech underground facility.

Dead of Winter w/expansion

Dead of Winter puts players in a small, weakened colony of survivors in a world where most of humanity is either dead or diseased, flesh-craving monsters. Each player leads a faction of survivors with dozens of different characters in the game. We will be playing with the Raxxon and Improvement modules from the expansion.

Age of Industry

Play as a tycoon in the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Take out Loans, Build and Develop Industry, Construct Railways, Sell Goods, Get RICH$$. I love to teach this game! Come and learn and have FUN! Including time to learn the game, I expect us to finish in under 3 hours.

SPACE HULK

On this ship everyone can hear you scream. The alien genestealers have taken over a large ship and it is the duty of your battalions to reach your goal without dying. Troops include heavy terminator armored ranks or light troops, both with a variety of weapons, claws or grenades. Original game with updated rules.

Eclipse Phase: Wageslaves

You were thinking that you might survive the apocalypse, but then the nuke dropped on your city. Now you've been dead for 10 years and Earth has fallen. A reclusive billionaire resurrected you to work on his personal space habitat, but not everything is what it seems to be.

Ice, Ice, Baby!

Ah, it's time for the St. Paul Winter Carnival. The drinking, ice sculptures, entertainment, the drinking... But something doesn't go as planned. It's up to your team of Inspectres to solve. Inspectres is player-driven storytelling. We are "Fighting the Forces of Darkness so you don't have to!"

Misteries in Misdeeds: Dead Reckoning

Tawantinsuyu. When the emperor orders you to bring him a dragon from a mysterious island, that simply must be done. The truth is these boats are just made of reeds and you never trusted the ocean. For that matter, who can you trust? Misteries in Misdeeds is the mystical counterhistory of our world from the Age of Exploration on an immersive game table. Rules taught.

Star Trek the Next Generation

Eight members of an Enterprisee Away Team have returned from Delphi 4 with the legendary Orb of Knowledge. But within twenty-four hours the Orb is stolen and the team must discover which if its members comitted the deed. Game will take threee hours.

Wren's Clues

Lord Wren of Oxford, your mentor, has set a training task for you. It seems simple enough - you need to go into the dungeons below the High Council chambers, find three clues, and solve the puzzle set by Lord Wren. Knowing him, there will likely be a need to subdue a monster or two and solve a problem or two. As a group of 3rd level wizards, you'll need to work together and use all your resources.

FRI14-20

Starts at 2 PM, runs 6 hours.

Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection

Recreate the American Revolution in this Coin Series simulation. Play as the Patriots, British, French, or Indians as you decide the fate of the American Colonies. Can you navigate the historical complexities of the Colonies to ensure you come out on top?

Scythe

It is a time of unrest in 1920s Europa. The ashes from the great war still darken the snow. The capitalistic city-state known simply as The Factory, which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, has closed its doors, drawing the attention of several nearby countries. Enjoy this great semi-4X/worker placement/econ engine game. The upgraded components are amazing and make this a must-play game.

Tékumel: The Battle of Dórmoron Plain

That Tapestry you purchased depicting the Battle of Dórmoron Plain is more than just very realistic, it magically takes you back to the actual Battle. What will you find out? Can you survive to find your way back to current times?

FRI14-22

Starts at 2 PM, runs 8 hours.

Candy Shop

Candy Shop is a fast paced dice rolling party game. Headquarters tries to take their cut, but the person who slaps the quickest can get a big payout from HQ. Game takes 30 minutes to play, we'll be playing all day on Friday.

Ghostbusters: The Board Game II

A cooperative game where 4 players will assume the role of a Ghostbuster character, each with unique abilities to be earned (light RPG elements). The team must work together (and independently) making use of slime blowers, proton packs, vehicles and special equipment to work through a series of board/story scenarios. Lots of mini’s!

Candy Shop

Candy Shop is a fast paced dice rolling party game. Headquarters tries to take their cut, but the person who slaps the quickest can get a big payout from HQ. Game takes 30 minutes to play, we'll be playing all day on Friday.

FRI14-02

Starts at 2 PM, runs 12 hours.

PFS|Harmonious Wisdom Quests

A series of six Pathfinder Society Quests designed for 1st-level characters.
"House of Harmonious Wisdom" includes five 1-hour adventures that take the PCs across central Tian Xia in search of imperial treasures and forgotten secrets. The series includes a beginning adventure and a finale, but players can experience the other parts in any order.

SFS|Into the Unknown Quests

A series of five Starfinder Quests designed for 1st-level characters.
"Into the Unknown" includes five, 1-hour adventures that take the PCs from exploring Absalom Station, to partaking in starship combat, to exploring an alien world. The fifth adventure in the series provides a stunning conclusion that takes the PC's previous accomplishments into account for a climactic final showdown against an enemy starship.
Written by Ron Lundeen.

Sword of Air

New campaign set in the same world as Lost City of Barakus. 3.5 D&D start at 1st level. This is a new storyline that will be run at many local conventions. This will be the last qualifier run for this campaign. All are welcome. Start in a small town in the wilderness and eventually reach Bard's Gate where the real fun begins...

Sword of Air

New campaign set in the same world as Lost City of Barakus. 3.5 D&D start at 1st level. This is a new storyline that will be run at many local conventions. This will be the last qualifier run for this campaign. All are welcome. Start in a small town in the wilderness and eventually reach Bard's Gate where the real fun begins...

SFS|Into the Unknown Quests

A series of five Starfinder Quests designed for 1st-level characters.
"Into the Unknown" includes five, 1-hour adventures that take the PCs from exploring Absalom Station, to partaking in starship combat, to exploring an alien world. The fifth adventure in the series provides a climactic final showdown against an enemy starship.

PFS|Harmonious Wisdom Quests

A series of six Pathfinder Society Quests designed for 1st-level characters.
"House of Harmonious Wisdom" includes five 1-hour adventures that take the PCs across central Tian Xia in search of imperial treasures and forgotten secrets. The series includes a beginning adventure and a finale, but players can experience the other parts in any order.

FRI16-18

Starts at 4 PM, runs 2 hours.

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Take a deep breath before you enter. It might be your last. Your fear will grow with each tile you place as you investigate a house filled with dreadful monsters and deadly secrets. As you brave your way through each unique room, you and the other explorers must rely on each other to survive the horrors that await. But beware: The house will turn one of you against the rest.

Colt Express

In Colt Express, you play a bandit robbing a train at the same time as other bandits, and your goal is to become the richest outlaw of the Old West. The game takes place in a 3D train in which the bandits can move from one car to another, run on the roof, punch the other bandits, shoot them, rob the passengers, or draw the Marshal out of position.

Cursed Court

In Cursed Court, players wager their limited influence across the courtly seasons. As the machinations of the nine key nobles are progressively revealed, their fortunes rise and fall.
The intrigues of the realm’s greater nobility are a subject of fixation, even obsession, for the minor nobles whose fortunes are elevated — or shattered — by what happens at court.

Dojo Defense

You and your band of fellow Ninjas must defend your Dojo from an onslaught of plundering Pirates. Build up your walls and slice your way through wave after wave until all of the Pirate Captains are dead in this Co-Op Worker Placement Tower Defense game. This is a prototype playtest by Brass Dog Games.

Dragon Factory

Reverse drafting? Living resource markets? Dynamic worker placement? All to make your own Mechanical Dragon? Come play an early preview of the latest creation by designer Scott Almes (Tiny Epic series).

Dragoon

The humans are invading! Take their gold. You and your fellow dragons have lived peacefully on your island until now. The invasion of humans has awakened your instincts to dominate and hoard as much gold as you can get your claws on!

End of the Line: The Inevitable Machine Revolt

Cyborgs, Robots and Death… Oh My! Come play the expansion to End of the Line before anyone else. In the Inevitable Machine Revolt, you’ll receive upgrades and robots to add to your post-apocalyptic family. Prepare yourself to experience the worst end times our machine overlords can offer. Mutually assured destruction has never been so much fun.

Escape!

The temple is collapsing! Can you find the way out before it's too late? This is a collaborative game where everyone plays simultaneously and works together to beat the clock. Fast, frantic, and chaotic fun, but those prone to anxiety or high stress may want to pass on this one.

Hansa Teutonica & Variations

Players act as traders trying to get victory points for building a network of offices and controlling cities. Hansa Teutonica players have to improve their traders' "skills" for the following effects: getting more VP from offices in their network, getting more available action points, increasing the number of available traders and merchants.

Pandemic: Contagion

You are the disease. There is no cure. For too long, humans have assaulted diseases and found cures and other means to eradicate them. Now, the diseases are fighting back. Will you be the disease that exterminates humanity?

Pillars of the Earth with Expansion

This resource management and building game, well-adopted from the book and series, is excellent. Whether crusading or constructing, it's been a staple at COTN for many years and a great way to start the weekend.

PLAGUE!

Weymouth 1348. It is the height of the Black Death and business is booming. You have been entrusted with the gruesome task of taking victims stricken by the ravages of the bubonic plague to their final resting place – a deep pit at Clarks Hill. All this whilst avoiding invading rats, fleas and other inconveniences such as death.

Quartermaster General

Quartermaster General is a fast-paced game that puts you in command of the major powers of the Second World War. In the game, supply is crucial to keep your armies and navies fighting. You control one or more countries on either the Axis or Allied team. Each major power has a unique set of cards with which to marshal their forces

Star Wars: The Interactive Video Board Game

The Empire's Second Death Star is almost complete and is approaching the Rebel base on D'rinba IV. Players must sneak aboard the battlestation and sabotage the superlaser in order to buy the Rebels time to escape. But be careful: Darth Vader is watching your every move and will personally try to stop you!

Viticulture

You have inherited a vineyard and must carefully utilize your resources & workers to make it a success. From planting vines, harvesting fields, making wine, & fulfilling orders, you must allocate your workers so that you are productive in both summer and winter months. A fun worker placement game about making wines.

Libertalia

You play as a pirate in command of a crew. You will play through 3 weeks with 7 days of looting and pillaging! You will all have the same cards available, but your playthrough can change significantly depending on the order, strategy, and goal you utilize, as well as rank order. There are actions that occur during the day, the dusk, and recurring nighttime actions that further alter the game.

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

Enter a world of adventure with the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players. Play a character composed of a deck of cards & a set of stats; improve them by acquiring new items, allies, spells, & weapons as you explore & overcome challenges. Choose a different scenario each time you play! Optionally participate in Society play, allowing your rewards to travel with you.

Frostgrave Open Gaming

Bring a starting Warband and play on one of several Terrain Specialties' Frostgrave tables, including Frostgrave and Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago. You can even arrange a game ahead of time online at: http://z15.invisionfree.com/Terrain_Specialties

This Is Not A Test: Learn to Play

Come learn this fast paced, action packed skirmish wargame, which is set in a radioactive post-apocalyptic wasteland. If you've ever played Fallout or Necromunda, you'll love this game. Take on an opposing warband, and whatever hazards the wasteland can throw at you in a bombed out city, or a high tech underground facility.

Thunder Road

It’s an apocalyptic desert highway and you are racing against rival gangs. You can eliminate them by ramming and shooting with armed vehicles. Attack your opponent’s cars with your War-Pig and leave nothing but wrecks behind. Guns jammed? Just toss a molotov or have your chopper take a pot-shot. If you can’t wreck them, you better outrun them!

X-Wing - The Death Star Trench Run - 4 Players

This event will have a large model of a portion of the Death Star with a daunting series of turret cannons and of course, a trench and an exhaust port. We'll use a modified rule set for X-Wing that we gathered online from others who have run similar events at other cons. It will be best to already know how to play X-Wing well to participate in this event. It's a rapid fire kind of scenario.

Zombicide 3-D

Zombies are everywhere and you must fight for survival. Zombicide is a cooperative game where each player uses their unique ability to help the group escape from the Zombie-infested city. Find a weapon and move out. The buildings are full of Walkers and more keep appearing. There’s no way you can kill them all! Beware the Fatties, fear the Runners, and stop making all that noise! They’re coming!

FRI16-20

Starts at 4 PM, runs 4 hours.

Dawn of the Zeds

Welcome to Fabulous Farmingdale! But things are far from fabulous right now in Farmingdale. Something is turning people into vicious, zombie-like killers. It is not clear how it spreads (though physical contact is one way), but it is obvious what the illness does to its victims. The players will coordinate the defense of Farmingdale until the National Guard can arrive. There's no time to lose.

Battlestar Galactica Robot Apocalypse

You have received visions of an impending attack on the colony by Cylons. A group of scientists have been working on an escape plan, and they may hold the key to warning the other colonies, before humanity is annihilated. All of this has happened before. But the question remains, does all of this have to happen again?

Escape From the Hall of Presidents

Can the Presidents of the United States of America escape from their mysterious benefactors and the Hall of Presidents? In this DCC funnel, players will take on the role of US Presidents attempting to exit a facility full of death traps and limited resources.

Foundation Odyssey

The Estate has lost contact with an agent exploring a presumed stable recursion born from 1950s to 1970s science fiction called Foundation Odyssey. Your mission is to translate to this recursion and find him but once you arrive on Foundation Odyssey you realize it’s anything but stable! Can you survive the mission with robot riots and laser death rays?

Please Don't Hurt 'Em X-Crawl

The Motor City welcomes competitive dungeon crawlers for a deadly contest. You'll need all your wits and courage to survive! This is an adventure for Dungeon Crawl Classics characters in the X-Crawl setting.

Repress the Alamo

San Antonio, Mexican Texas. 1836. Led by James Bowie & William B. Travis, Criminal Texans garrison the Alamo Mission with a few hundred men and release all of the criminals from the local jail. But Santa Anna is coming to serve up justice.

The Devil’s Due: The Vodacce Roses

The latest port of call brings the crew to Vodacce to transport Syrne artefacts where they can be studied in safety. Criminals, nobles, and the Inquisition are all in pursuit, but are they more interested in the artefacts, or the women carrying them?

Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7) D&D 5E

The rumor has been about the so-called death curse: a wasting disease afflicting everyone who’s ever been raised from the dead. Victims grow thinner and weaker, slowly but steadily sliding toward death they once denied.
When they finally succumb, they can’t be raised. Everyone is at a loss to explain a curse that has affected the entire region, and possibly the entire world.

Delta Green: Honeycomb

You have been invited to a Night at the Opera. As agents of Delta Green, you will enter an ordinary house on "official" EPA business to clear and collect samples from an overgrown beehive. In truth, you must assess any Unnatural threats nesting inside the home's loft and leaking light fixtures, without revealing the Program's true intentions. Will you Survive this house haunted by cosmic horrors?

FRI16-22

Starts at 4 PM, runs 6 hours.

Merchants & Marauders

Live the life of an influential merchant or a dreaded pirate in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. Seek your fortune through trade, rumor hunting, missions, and of course, plundering. Will your captain gain eternal glory and immense wealth - or find his wet grave under the stormy surface of the Caribbean Sea?

Beginning GM Seminar and Adventure

Thinking about trying your hand at being a GM, but need a little help getting started? Play through a Buffy: the Vampire Slayer adventure with an experienced GM. Then discuss everything from developing a story to when the players do something unexpected, with examples from the adventure. No system knowledge needed; discussion will not be system specific.

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Take a deep breath before you enter. It might be your last. Your fear will grow with each tile you place as you investigate a house filled with dreadful monsters and deadly secrets. As you brave your way through each unique room, you and the other explorers must rely on each other to survive the horrors that await. But beware: The house will turn one of you against the rest.

Black Orchestra

As Hitler's grasp on Germany tightens, patriots from the highest levels of the Reich plot his downfall. As the clock ticks, you daring few must build your strength and prepare for the perfect moment to strike. The Gestapo hound your trail, calling you "Schwarze Kapelle", the Black Orchestra. Will you be able to save your country from utter ruin by assassinating Hitler before it is too late?

Breaking Bad

So you want to get into the seedy world of "Blue Sky?" Watch your step, your partner can turn on you. Or worse you could get caught red handed. Warning, this game is about selling drugs and drug dealers.

Cooperative Game Time

Come and spend a couple of hours playing cooperative board games. In these games the players all win together or they all go down in defeat! I will bring a number of cooperative games and the players can decide what to play. Flash Point, Pandemic, Forbidden Island, Mole Rats in Space and possibly other choices.

Cursed Court

In Cursed Court, players wager their limited influence across the courtly seasons. As the machinations of the nine key nobles are progressively revealed, their fortunes rise and fall.
The intrigues of the realm’s greater nobility are a subject of fixation, even obsession, for the minor nobles whose fortunes are elevated — or shattered — by what happens at court.

End of the Line: Post-Apocalyptic Family Survival

In EotL, you’re everyday people trying to survive in the shattered remains of civilization. Place your nuclear family in resource lines attempting to collect food, water, fuel, and ammo. Meanwhile, terrible things (played by you and your opponents) make life perilous. It’s worker placement gone horribly, horribly wrong. It’s a light twist on resource management with a dash of programming.

Exoplanets with Expansion

Players draw energy from a distant sun to achieve life on exoplanets of all shapes and sizes. Easy to play, monolith-free, but watch out for passing anomalies ready to take out your sentient jellyfish!

Imperial Settlers - Base Game

Gather resources and build up your civilization while keeping your opponents in check. Each civilization has its own unique cards and abilities for a varied experience. Base game only good for beginners.

Kingdom Builder & Variations

Kingdom Builder players create their own kingdoms by skillfully building their settlements, aiming to earn the most gold at the end of the game. Nine different kinds of terrain are on the variable game board, including locations and castles. Each game, players will use a random set of Kingdom Builder cards and terrain sectors to build the map, ensuring you won't play the same game twice!

Parfum

You are a perfume vendor who must distill essences (using dice) to create your perfumes and sell them to customers before your opponents do. Be sure you use the right combinations of essences otherwise you won't be able to sell your goods!

Quarantine D.O.A.

You must fight to escape the super secret underground facility that you work for after the dreaded quarantine alarm has sounded. You must get what you need and escape before the “Cleaners” arrive to “take care of you”. Don’t let anyone get in your way in this Take That game of twisted survival. This is a prototype playtest by Brass Dog Games.

Star Wars: The Interactive Video Board Game

The Empire's Second Death Star is almost complete and is approaching the Rebel base on D'rinba IV. Players must sneak aboard the battlestation and sabotage the superlaser in order to buy the Rebels time to escape. But be careful: Darth Vader is watching your every move and will personally try to stop you!

Thunder Alley

Thunder Alley is a stock car racing game for 2-7 players with the feel and flexibility of a card-driven simulation. Drafting, teamwork, accidents, yellow flags, pit strategy, working to lead laps, and sprints to the finish are all included and bring the feel of racing to the game. Players control not one car, but a team of 3-6 cars. A very easy game to learn and play!

Tiny Epic Kingdoms & Galaxies

In Tiny Epic Kingdoms, YOU rule! But whether you reignn supreme or crumble under pressure is entirely in your hands.
In Tiny Epic Galaxies, the weight of the universe is on your shoulders. You are the supreme commander of your very own galaxy...in an intergalactic war!

Endeavor

It is a time when the maps of the world are still being filled in. Build, Grow your Empire, Ship to Discover, Occupy New Lands, Attack other Strongholds. The choices are yours, but your Endeavor is to Gain the most Glory for your Empire!! I love to teach this game! Come and learn and have FUN! Including time to learn the game, I expect us to finish in under 2 hours.

Stone Age

In Stone Age, the players live in this time, just as our ancestors did. They collect wood, break stone and wash their gold from the river. They trade freely, expand their village and so achieve new levels of civilization. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this pre-historic time.

Joking Hazard

From the creators of the popular Cyanide & Happiness Webcomic comes a game of hilarious proportions. Compete in making the most hilarious comic strip possible. With all 3 expansions, there are 560 cards to work with! This game is for mature (or, depending on how you look at it, immature) audiences only (17+).

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

Enter a world of adventure with the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players. Play a character composed of a deck of cards & a set of stats; improve them by acquiring new items, allies, spells, & weapons as you explore & overcome challenges. Choose a different scenario each time you play! Optionally participate in Society play, allowing your rewards to travel with you.

Artemis Man the Bridge!

Twelve player Man the Bridge! is a spaceship fending off an alien attack in the computer simulations! Bridge positions are Helm/Navigation, Weapons, Communications, Science, Engineering and Captain. Touch screen stations, a large main viewer and a dramatic lighting system really puts you in the action as a Starship under attack! Please see www.manthebridge.com for more information.

Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago

Learn to play Ghost Archipelago, the newest game set in the world of Frostgrave. The Ghost Archipelago’s mysterious islands appear every few centuries and offer a chance to discover lost treasure, magic items and untold power. Lead your ship’s crew on this dangerous quest, but be prepared to battle other treasure hunters & deadly creatures to find what you seek. Everything provided for this demo.

Sucking Vacuum

Emergency lights flash! Airlocks slam shut! The space station is leaking air! You must find the right space suit components, program the computer to open the pod bay doors, and make your way to the escape pod. Other astronauts may want your stuff for their own survival, so arm yourself with a wrench or a toilet brush to fend them off. Get to the pod first or you will definitely be sucking vacuum.

X-Wing - The Death Star Trench Run - 4 Players

This event will have a large model of a portion of the Death Star with a daunting series of turret cannons and of course, a trench and an exhaust port. We'll use a modified rule set for X-Wing that we gathered online from others who have run similar events at other cons. It will be best to already know how to play X-Wing well to participate in this event. It's a rapid fire kind of scenario.

Zombicide 3-D

Zombies are everywhere and you must fight for survival. Zombicide is a cooperative game where each player uses their unique ability to help the group escape from the Zombie-infested city. Find a weapon and move out. The buildings are full of Walkers and more keep appearing. There’s no way you can kill them all! Beware the Fatties, fear the Runners, and stop making all that noise! They’re coming!

Castles of Burgundy

This game system is by Stefan Feld and it was rated the 8th best board game of all time by BGG. You are a nobleman in medieval France. You will compete with the other players to build various settlements around your castle. You will try to expand your territory to be the most powerful aristocrat in Burgundy.

Firefly: The Game

This game is based on Joss Whedon's Firefly TV Series. You can captain your own Firefly class ship, collect crew, take on jobs and watch out for Alliance ships and Reavers. If you loved Firefly, this is a fun trip down memory lane.

From The Jackals To The Shepherds

For a long time, we were at war with The Jackals. But now, we’ve driven them off, and we have a year of relative peace. One quiet year, to build our community up and learn how to work together. Come Winter, the Frost Shepherds will arrive and we might not survive beyond that. But we don’t know about that yet. What we know is that in this moment, there is an opportunity to build something.

Pax Renaissance

A First Minnesota favorite. Head one of four Renaissance era banking empires positioning themselves to take advantage of one of four possible victory conditions. Pax Ren is a card drafting, tableau building strategy game with a BGG complexity rating over 4. You will need to generate economy to purchase cards for their various actions which work toward a victory condition you wish to activate.

Scythe

The ashes from the first great war still darken the snow. Scythe is a board game set in an alternate-history 1920S period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and Valor. Players conquer territory, enlist new recruits, reap resources, gain villagers, build structures, and activate monstrous Mech. Rules will be taught.

Terra Mystica

Terra Mystica is a strategy game with a simple game principle and very little luck involved: You govern one of 14 factions trying to transform the landscape on the game board in your favor in order to build your structures. Proximity to other players limits your options for further expansion, though it provides some benefits during the game. This conflict is the source of Terra Mystica's appeal.

The 2018 Minnesota State Nevermore Championship

This game from Smirk & Dagger is a casual-style, card-drafting game, collecting cards you want and poisoning your opponent's hand by passing along cards you think they can't use. The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat at the final round of the Northern Regional Championship at Tri-Con Spring in Iowa (as well as a free badge to Tri-Con Spring)!

Diplomacy

Form alliances and unhatch your traitorous plots as you negotiate and outwit—in a delicate balance of cooperation and competition—to gain dominance of the continent! In Diplomacy, your success hinges not on the luck of the dice, but your cunning and cleverness.

Battle at Beta Cygni B

At the edge of Human Space, performing some routine maintenance on a communications relay, your ship has encountered an alien artifact that appears older than any spacefaring species yet encountered by humanity. While exploring it, a ship appears, bristling with weapons. Can you defuse the situation? Or fight your way out of it?

Jewels

Prince Harry is getting married! Lord Wren Cerulean has tasked you, his Apprentices, to help gather Jewels for his gift to the Prince. Dwarven miners, the rugged outdoors, and wild horses will provide a great counterpoint to the study demanded of wizardry. Roleplaying encouraged, combat inevitable. 4th level wizards provided.

Misteries in Misdeeds: Blood Moon

Wallachia. Children are going missing. The locals are nervous. Could it really be the countess? Are foreign agents involved? What dark purpose is behind this? You must stop these fell deeds before more disappear and chaos erupts in this unstable borderland. Misteries in Misdeeds is the mystical counterhistory of our world in the Age of Exploration on an immersive game table. Rules taught.

Rad Astra: Skipgate Scourge!

Pack your ray blaster, charge your laser sword and take off on a far-out, interstellar adventure! Join a team of Starbucklers, Astrosassins, Astrocasters and Starbarians in this rules-light, mash-up of classic 70s/80s space opera, B-movies and comics!

The Tower of Mazara

Hail and well met adventurer! The Archmage Illusionist Mazara the Magnificent tires of his great fortune and has afforded YOU a golden ticket to compete against other adventurers in a bid to share in his vast wealth.
An old school tournament. Points given for the achievement of group goals as well as secret character specific goals. Characters will be provided.

Me and Cinderella Part 1

Getting ready for another dungeon crawl brings a knock on the door. Seems a Prince Ess needs an escort to the ball a few days travel away. Bring your own character 17th level or less or play a pre-gen. Prizes for Role-Playing. Do Not Need to play in Part Two but it is encouraged.

PFS|9-09 To Be Determined Evergreen (Tier 3-7)

To Be Determined: A Pathfinder Society Special designed for levels 3-7. This scenario is an Evergreen, replayable for Society credit. Additional Information will be updated on the Con of the North website as it becomes available.

PFS|9-09 To Be Determined Evergreen (Tier 3-7)

To Be Determined: A Pathfinder Society Special designed for levels 3-7. This scenario is an Evergreen, replayable for Society credit. Additional Information will be updated on the Con of the North website as it becomes available.

SFS|1–01: The Commencement (Tier 1-2)

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-2.
All Starfinders complete their training by conferring with Guidance—a network of uploaded personalities embodying paragons from the Starfinder Society's history. Before receiving the blessing of Guidance, the PCs must meet with and assist critical missions on behalf of key leaders of the Society's leading factions. With the events of the Scoured Stars Incident still fresh in everyone's memory, there's plenty that needs doing to set the Society back on track.
The Commencement is a replayable scenario designed to help introduce players to the factions of the Starfinder Society and areas of importance on Absalom Station.

SFS|1–05: The First Mandate (Tier 1–4)

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-4.
With a new generation of Starfinders already accomplishing great deeds within the Pact Worlds and beyond, First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo is ready to announce the Starfinder Society's next initiative that will define her tenure. The PCs attend a gathering at the Lorespire Complex to socialize with several visiting dignitaries, each instrumental in the Society's survival following the Scoured Stars Incident. Nothing is as it seems, though, and when Radaszam, leader of the Acquisitives faction, uncovers a plot against the First Seeker, the PCs need to step in and ensure the Society's public event doesn't end in disaster!
Content in The First Mandate also contributes to the ongoing goals of the Acquisitives and Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo) factions. Content in this scenario also contributes to the ongoing Year of Scoured Stars storyline

SFS|1–06: A Night in Nightarch (Tier 3–6)

A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3-6.
A routine business deal goes awry when a spiteful drow noble seizes a shipment of weapons destined for the Starfinder Society. The PCs are sent to the gloomy world of Apostae to retrieve the stolen arms. Granted 24-hours of diplomatic immunity for any actions taken against the thief, the PCs strike at the rebellious drow noble and retrieve the shipment. Whether through guile or sheer force, the PCs must prove that the Starfinder Society is not an organization to trifle with.

FRI20-22

Starts at 8 PM, runs 2 hours.

8 Bit Dash

Collect treasure and coins while racing to the finish in this 8-Bit Side Scrolling Deck Builder. Use Move, Jump and Turbo cards to navigate your way through an ever-advancing landscape but don’t get left behind or you’ll get K.O.ed. Can you get the high score? This is a prototype playtest of Brass Dog Games design.

Conquest Princess Pew Pew Pew - Sneak Preview

Episode 1: Conquest Princess vs the Fashion Tyrant - you are elite members of T.I.A.R.A. using the power of your outfits to battle Mu-gaga, galactic villain supreme. This Co-op board game adventure is a work in progress by local developers Fight in a Box. Help make the universe (and this game) a better place.

Grand Prix

Grand Prix uses the same system as Thunder Alley. Players can compete in this Formula One card-driven racing game controlling a team cars. Players will score in two different ways; individual car scoring where first place is huge and only the top 10 places get any points, and team scoring where the placement of all cars in a race will determine the team score.

Last Friday

Five friends are hired as counselors at Camp Apache. They arrive before any of the campers to prepare the grounds. The camp is idylic, wooded and having a lovely pond. What could go wrong? That guy in the ski mask,carrying a chain saw, must be the gardener, and he's coming over to say hi. You five must survive until dawn while being hunted by a maniac killer.

Legendary Big Trouble In Little China

Take an epic thrill ride through Chinatown as you take on multiple versions of David Lo Pan and the classic villains, the Three Storms. Will you be able to save Miao Yin and Gracie Law and shake the pillars of heaven? Well, as your old pal Jack always says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."

Mystic Vale

Players take on the role of druidic clans trying to cleanse the curse upon the land. Play cards into your field to gain powerful advancements. Use your power wisely or decay will end your turn prematurely. The innovative "Card Crafting System" lets you not only build your deck, but build the individual cards in your deck, customizing each card's abilities to the strategy you want to follow.

Witches of the Revolution

In Witches of the Revolution, your deck is a coven of witches that you lead against foes both mortal and not on a desperate quest for Freedom. Unique deck-building rules allow you to recruit and hone your forces even as your enemy reveals itself. Can you throw off the British yoke before it’s too late?

Pandemic Iberia

Welcome to the Iberian Peninsula! Set in 1848, Pandemic Iberia asks you to take on the roles of nurse, railwayman, rural doctor, sailor, and more to find the cures to malaria, typhus, the yellow fever, and cholera. From Barcelona to Lisboa, you will need to travel by carriage, by boat, or by train to help the Iberian populace.

Quartermaster General

Quartermaster General is a fast-paced game that puts you in command of the major powers of the Second World War. In the game, supply is crucial to keep your armies and navies fighting. You control one or more countries on either the Axis or Allied team. Each major power has a unique set of cards with which to marshal their forces

Bang!

The outlaws try to kill the sheriff, the deputies try to protect the sheriff, and the renegade tries to be the last one standing. But, the only player whose role you know is the sheriff. Who will win this battle of the old west?

Machi Koro: Bright Lights, Big City

Machi Koro now comes urbanized! Starting with City Hall and a small farm, you'll work your way to a metropolis in no time! Machi Koro is a colorful card and dice game suitable for all ages with simple math involved.

Noisy Person Cards

Find your voice in this fun card-matching game similar to Apples to Apples. Determine the best voice to read a phrase from among your hand to match the likes of a Shadow Sage, Insectoid, or Two Children in a Trench Coat Pretending to be One Adult. A fun party game to develop your NPC voices or just mess around with accents.

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

Enter a world of adventure with the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players. Play a character composed of a deck of cards & a set of stats; improve them by acquiring new items, allies, spells, & weapons as you explore & overcome challenges. Choose a different scenario each time you play! Optionally participate in Society play, allowing your rewards to travel with you.

Truck Off: The Food Truck Frenzy

Truck Off is a lightweight food truck card game that packs some serious bite! In Truck Off, you send your food truck team hoping to score a sweet parking spot at a lucrative venue. Your timing and game plan will be critical to your success while your opponents will look for the perfect opportunity to get you to, ahem, truck off!

It's Crazy Rules Time!

At its core the rules are simple “Draw one, Play one”. Do not be deceived by the simplicity of these rules however. Anything can happen in this mashup of skill, luck and brain bending shenanigans, so best stay sharp

Artemis Man the Bridge!

Twelve player Man the Bridge! is a spaceship fending off an alien attack in the computer simulations! Bridge positions are Helm/Navigation, Weapons, Communications, Science, Engineering and Captain. Touch screen stations, a large main viewer and a dramatic lighting system really puts you in the action as a Starship under attack! Please see www.manthebridge.com for more information.

Crossfire

Crossfire is an open source, cooperative multiplayer graphical RPG and adventure game. Since its initial release, Crossfire has grown to encompass over 150 monsters, about 3000 maps to explore, an elaborate magic system, 13 races, 15 character classes, a system of skills, and many artifacts and treasures. Crossfire is based in a medieval fantasy world and is similar to other games of this genre.

Dungeon!

How deep into the Dungeon do you dare venture? Your Wizard might not survive the Purple Worm or the Red Dragon, but the Giant Spider is an easy victory! The Silver Cup is yours! Kill monsters and get treasures while exploring the intricate 3-D dungeon. Remember: The deeper the level, the bigger the treasure. And watch out for secret doors and traps! The original classic board game in 3-D.

Frostgrave Open Gaming

Bring a starting Warband and play on one of several Terrain Specialties' Frostgrave tables, including Frostgrave and Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago. You can even arrange a game ahead of time online at: http://z15.invisionfree.com/Terrain_Specialties

Legends of the Rising Sun

In the spirit of Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Seven Samurai, come and battle for control of a town in 16th Century Japan. Play either a band of Samurai and Ashigaru, Sohei Monks, Ikko-Ikki, Ninja or Yakuza thugs in this 28mm skirmish game. All miniatures provided.

Sucking Vacuum

Emergency lights flash! Airlocks slam shut! The space station is leaking air! You must find the right space suit components, program the computer to open the pod bay doors, and make your way to the escape pod. Other astronauts may want your stuff for their own survival, so arm yourself with a wrench or a toilet brush to fend them off. Get to the pod first or you will definitely be sucking vacuum.

Fai Chen's Fantastical Trading Faire (Adventurers League)

Fai Chen’s is the place to come and meet the mystical man himself and possibly make some fantastic trades and or purchases. He usually comes with some surprising goods and services. Come and make some magic item trades, Make some potion and scroll purchases and other mystical treats that may be had.
No limit to the amount of people, only one trade and purchase to be made a day.

The Necropolis

Egypt, 1924. A stone slab shifts unexpectedly, trapping you and your fellow investigators in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Only then do you discover that you might not be alone. Can you escape before a forgotten doom engulfs you all?
This is an introductory/learn to play demo for Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition.

FRI20-24

Starts at 8 PM, runs 4 hours.

Brass & Age of Industry

Choose between the Original Brass & Age of Industry for this great Industrial Revolution game. The rules of both games are similar and we have many maps to choose from. Remember "Brass" means money so we can already guess at the victory conditions!

Too Many Bones

Too Many Bones comes loaded for bear by breaking into a new genre: the dice-builder RPG. Dripping with strategy, this fantasy-based RPG puts you in the skin of a new race and takes you on an adventure to the northern territories to root out and defeat growing enemy forces and of course the infamous baddie responsible.

The Spirit of '76

Dear Grosse Pointe Falls Alumni: Can you believe it’s been twenty years since you graduated? Come join your fellow members of the Bicentennial Class of 1976 for a reunion like no other! Meet friends, dance, mingle, and open the Time Capsule which has been sealed since graduation day! Enjoy the musical stylings of Continental Congress and a meal in the High School cafeteria! Spouses welcome!

Delta Green -- The Star Chamber

As secret agents fighting supernatural threats, there is always a chance that something could go horribly wrong. This time, it did. One of your team didn't make it back, and your secret government agency thinks one of you may have been flipped. Revisit the events of this encounter and see which members, if any, of your team gets to fight another day.

Fiasco

Inspired by cinematic tropes and resembling hypothetical collaborations by the Coen Brothers, Tarantino, and Aronofsky, Fiasco is a group storytelling game in which character ambitions run high, impulse control is low, and chaos reigns supreme. Characters will lose, die, and fail despite or because of their well laid plans and schemes. Playset to be chosen in accordance with player interests.

Mysteries of the Drow

Mysteries of the Drow sends drow adventurers into the underdark to do battle against the denizens of the deep. A drow housemistress commissions the characters to acquire a mysterious weapon known to be in the hands of a rival house. Locating, identifying and acquiring the magical item leads the characters on a great trek across the underdeep.

Night Exhibit: A View of Lake Demhe

While browsing Groupon, you came across a special for an art museum you've never heard about before. This month's special exhibit is called "A View of Lake Demhe", a collection of paintings and models on loan from a private collection. These works are said to have an unearthly quality to them. Come for the art; stay because you got lost on the way back to the lobby.

Operation Muse

Fall 1940, it’s been a few months since the Miracle of Dunkirk and the formation of the Special Operations Executive. The SOE is inserting you into Greece in preparation for reconnaissance and infiltration of Yugoslavia. Additionally, N has tasked you with following up on the encrypted journals of the numismatist Münze and investigating archaeological sites in Greece.

The New Adventures of the Old Guardians of the Galaxy

Take on the roles of Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk, Nikki and Major Vance Astro as they save the universe from a deadly threat that includes, but is not limited to, the Badoon.
Played with the original, the best super hero rpg game ever- Marvel Super Heroes!

Tomb of Annihilation (Season 7) D&D 5E

The rumor has been about the so-called death curse: a wasting disease afflicting everyone who’s ever been raised from the dead. Victims grow thinner and weaker, slowly but steadily sliding toward death they once denied.
When they finally succumb, they can’t be raised. Everyone is at a loss to explain a curse that has affected the entire region, and possibly the entire world.

Entertainment of Chairs (LIVE!)

You are an actor in a popular cable show about knights, dragons, and sex. But the shows ratings dipped last season. The producer decided to shoot the show live. This gives you an opportunity to write yourself a better part. But continuity is important, obey the limits of your character's written cannon. This is an open ended game. Player choice and action will drive the game.

The Final Countdown

You've been commissioned to collect an OOPS (Object of Overwhelming Power and Significance) for a powerful patron of your guild. The job is simple enough, but you're not the only one trying to being this thing back to their masters; it's an old fashioned race against time to be the first to bring home the bacon. Characters provided, or you may bring your own 150 pt build.

FRI22-24

Starts at 10 PM, runs 2 hours.

Archer The Danger Zone! Board Game

A high-stakes game of espionage, international intrigue, and screwing over your co-workers. Gain the Upper Hand over your opponents by insulting them, doing well on missions (quite the ego boost), and encountering random guest stars and secondary characters from the show. Deliver insults and dirty tricks, “come on” to another character, or say something that builds up your own ego.

Saloon Tycoon with Expansions

Howdy, pardner! You've just bought a tract of land in a Wild West setting! Build the bar, and the citizens will follow (not all of them helpful, though). And remember that the schoolteacher isn't going to want to educate the little ones next to the poker room! Extra variety is provided by some mini-expansions!

Seven Wonders

Each player will get a civilization with a wonder. You will lead your civilization in getting resources, trading with your neighbors, gaining military power and building your civilization's wonder. The Leaders expansion will be included with the game. You should know the rules to 7 Wonders. The Leaders Expansion can be taught to you.

Time Of Crisis

In this game you take the reins of Roman dynasties, gathering and wielding influence among the senate, military, and people of Rome. In this light deck-building game, you are trying to establish your base of power during this fragile period of Roman history. You must build your armies, take control of provinces, develop your support, and defend yourself against barbarian incursions.

Joking Hazard

Do you like Cards Against Humanity? Do you like colorful comic panels and stick figure art? Check out this party game from Cyanide & Happiness and make your own twisted comic strips. Advisory: This game is easily as offensive as Cards and C&H combined, so be warned.

Artemis Man the Bridge!

Twelve player Man the Bridge! is a spaceship fending off an alien attack in the computer simulations! Bridge positions are Helm/Navigation, Weapons, Communications, Science, Engineering and Captain. Touch screen stations, a large main viewer and a dramatic lighting system really puts you in the action as a Starship under attack! Please see www.manthebridge.com for more information.

NetHack

NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems. Assemble your hero from a choice of thirteen classes and five races as you enter the ASCII & text based adventure game. Your goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and escape the Mazes of Menace alive. Multiple game client interfaces available.

FRI22-02

Starts at 10 PM, runs 4 hours.

Dark Souls the Board Game

Dark Souls: The Board Game is a cooperative dungeon crawl board game based on the popular and maddening video game series. To win the game, players must work together tactically to learn how to defeat enemies before finally confronting the boss. Use your resources sparingly, learn quickly, and prepare to die. Rules will be taught and of course all Sun Bros are welcome!

Shadows Over Camelot & Variations

Each player represents a knight of the Round Table and they must collaborate to overcome a number of quests. Completed quests place white swords on the Round Table; failed quests add black swords and/or siege engines around Camelot. The knights are trying to build a majority of white swords on the Table before Camelot falls. But beware, there could be a traitor among you!

Keeper of Gryphons

Your Gryphons are elegant demigods of wind, benevolent mostly but also terrifying--feather, claw, and thunder, as the saying goes. You are the Gryphon bound: resourceful and courageous. Together you and your Gryphons seek to unravel the mystery of the sky towers and reclaim a vital and ancient magic that has been lost to time.

Tekumel: The Striving

Renyu become adults at 8 years old in your tribe of these dog-men created in the dark past. It's time for the Bak-Chor, the Striving. The tribe's 8 year olds will be left in the jungle to survive. If one fails, they all fail.

The Arwich Grinder

The beautiful Bessie Curwen’s bonnet has been found in a strange creature’s grasp. The village owes much to her family, so someone must go up into the dark pine-clad hills to make sure that the Curwens are all right. After all, the Curwens saved the village from starvation two winters ago. If you do not go, who will?